GEORGE TOWN: Police are wrapping up a sedition probe involving a senator in Penang, who allegedly forced his Muslim bodyguard to consume pork.
State police chief Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said they recorded statements from four people, including the senator, to complete their probe.
"We will then forward the investigation paper to the deputy public prosecutor's office for action and further instruction," he told newsmen when met at the northeast district police headquarters here today.
Last Friday, Hamzah confirmed police received two reports from the senator and his bodyguard over alleged seditious remarks made by an anonymous caller.
The 38-year-old senator lodged a report after he received a phone call from an unidentified individual, asking if it was true that his bodyguard had lodged a report against him for forcing the former to consume pork.
The senator denied the claim.
"A police report was also lodged by the bodyguard to deny the allegation
Meanwhile, in a separate development, Hamzah said police are gathering information on several individuals, believed to be gang members of the two Vietnamese men, shot dead by police on Friday after they tried to attack the authorities with parang in Bukit Panchor, Nibong Tebal.
The two were believed to be involved in a string of break-ins of factories in Penang and neighbouring Kedah.
"We have obtained their information, also Vietnamese nationals, and believed to still be in the country.
"We are tracking them down," he said.
In the 3.20am incident, a team of on-duty police officers came accross the two men acting suspiciously inside a Proton Waja at the scene.
Police approached the car and discovered that the duo, aged 38 and 39, had just exited a nearby factory.
Police ordered them to stop for checks, but the duo, armed with parangs, attacked the officers instead.
Police had no choice but to fire four shots in self-defense.